Hand coiled ceramics by Rob Sutherland

Rob Sutherland is a potter living and working in the beautiful Scottish Borders

"All of my ceramics are hand-built and utilise the technique of coiling. This involves building a pot layer by layer. Each coil is melded into the coil below and is pinched, squeezed, moulded and scraped into shape. I enjoy the slow pace of this method which allows a considered response to the form as it grows. Pieces, once leatherhard are carved by hand to introduce a tactile surface decoration. I use clay slip with additions of oxides and carbonates of copper, chrome, cobalt and iron to introduce surface colour. Glazing, with a crackle glaze, is the final stage of production.
My influences are grounded in nature, from fossils embedded in rock to beach smoothed pebbles. I'm interested in the linear edges created by water meeting land, Zen Buddhist dry gardens, mineral seams in rock, the stone-like nature of lichens and Neolithic cup and ring marks."

Art Education: Dartington College of Art, Devon 1982 - 1984

Rob Sutherland
4 Haining Stables
The Haining
Selkirk
Scotland
TD7 5LR
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Exhibitions:

Peter Potter Gallery, Haddington, Featured Artist, 2011
The Laurel Gallery, Edinburgh, October Exhibition Group Show 2011
Picture Gallery, Chambers Institute, Peebles. Group Show 2011
Number 4 Gallery, St.Abb's. Christmas Show 2010
The Laurel Gallery, Edinburgh, June Exhibition Group Show. 2010
The Laurel Gallery, Edinburgh, Spring Exhibition Group Show. 2010
Robson Gallery, Selkirk. Group Show. 2009
The Flat Cat Gallery, Lauder. Group Show. 2009
Number 4 Gallery, St.Abb's. Group Show. 2008
The Smokehouse Gallery, Eyemouth. Group Show. 2008
Hawick Museum. "New Ceramics" Joint Exhibition 2008
Broughton Gallery. Scottish Potters Group Show. 2007